toluidine

noun

Any of three isomeric compounds, C7H9N, used to make dyes.

noun

A name of three compounds, CH3C6H4NH2, formed by the reduction of the corresponding nitrotoluenes.

noun

Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.

noun

Any of the three isomeric aromatic amines derived from toluene; they are used in the synthesis of certain dyes